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2019-2020 Student Achievement Summary Student Achievement Summary 2019-2020 Student success is at the core of Covenant College’s institutional value system. Covenant College consistently evaluates the success of its students with regard to achievement of established targets by monitoring a number of criteria: course completion, retention rates, graduation rates, state licensing examination pass rates, employment rates, and graduate school attendance rates. The criteria chosen to evaluate the success of Covenant students are appropriate and consistent with Covenant’s mission. These assessments are useful tools in measuring and supporting student success. The establishment of the Student Achievement Benchmarks involved individuals responsible for the delivery of services, program directors, faculty, deans, and vice presidents. Course completion. Covenant monitors student progress toward successful program completion ​ in many ways including monitoring course completion. Course completion is central to degree attainment and provides an indicator of faithful stewardship of resources which is important to Covenant’s mission. Covenant’s assessment of course completion is conducted within individual courses. Each student is evaluated using course-specific exams or other summative evaluations to determine acquisition of skills and knowledge in each academic discipline. The assistant vice president for institutional effectiveness calculates course completion rates of students each term. The overall course completion rates as well as the completion rates disaggregated by subject code and course level (see below) are then distributed to the dean of academic programs for review. Based on historic trends, Covenant has established two course completion benchmarks for undergraduate students. First, the overall course completion rate will reach 95% (based on a four-semester rolling average). Second, 90% of all subject codes will have a completion rate of at least 90% (based on a four-semester rolling average). Course Completion by Term, 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 Completion Rate* Total Course Level Overall Term Enrollment 100-200 300-400 Fall 2018 5245 96.1% 95.7% 96.9% Spring 2019 4789 96.8% 96.8% 96.9% Fall 2019 4828 95.9% 95.2% 97.3% Spring 2020 4509 95.7% 95.3% 96.3% Overall Four-semester Average: 96.1% ​ *Completion rate is calculated by dividing courses completed by course attempted. A course is considered completed if a student earned credit for the course. ● Overall course completion rates (see above) for the past two years have ranged from 95.7% to 96.8%, with an overall (4-semester) course completion rate of 96.1%. The lower level (100-200 level) courses ranged from 95.2% to 96.8% and upper level (300-400) courses ranged from 96.3% to 97.3%. ● Course completion rates disaggregated by subject code (see Appendix 1) are also high, ​ ​ with 95% of the four-term averages reaching 90% or above, which exceeds Covenant’s target. Degree Completion. Covenant College also collects data on the percentage of ​ students that graduate from college. Degree completion is analyzed in two ways: IPEDS 6-year graduation rate and National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Total Completion Rate. IPEDS 6-year graduation rate: This indicator measures graduation of a cohort of ​ first-time degree-seeking students within six-years. For determining a threshold of acceptability, a graduation rate comparison (see Appendix 2) was done to compare ​ ​ Covenant with both all private colleges of the same institutional size and Carnegie class as well as with 12 peer schools that have a similar Christian mission and are therefore used for benchmarking. Covenant’s six-year graduation rate target was set to 68% (based on a three-year rolling average), which is below the six-year ​ graduation rate for the small private colleges and equal to the graduation rate for Christian peer schools. Covenant College Graduation Rates (six-year), 2018-2020 2018 2019 2020 3 Year Avg 71% 65% 68% 68% ● Over the last three years, Covenant’s graduation rate ranged from 65% to 71%, with a three-year rolling average of 68%. Covenant has implemented several policies to continue to raise its graduation rate, including early identification of at risk students, requiring slowly progressing students to meet with the director of academic support, and establishing a Center for Student Success. This meets the institutional goal. NSC 6-year total completion rate: This indicator also measures graduation of a ​ cohort of first-time degree-seeking students within six-years but includes students who receive a degree anywhere not just at Covenant. Covenant’s target goal is to exceed the NSC national benchmark for total completion rate of 4-year private nonprofit institutions. For 2019 (students who began postsecondary education in fall 2013), the U.S. overall had a total completion rate of 76% for 4-private nonprofit colleges, with Georgia institutions total completion rate of 72%. ​ Covenant College NSC Total Completion Rates (six-year), 2017-2019 2017 2018 2019 3 Year Avg 82% 80% 82% 81% ● Over the last three years, Covenant’s total completion rate ranged from 80% to 82%, with a three-year rolling average of 81%. Retention rates. Since graduation rate is a lagging indicator, retention rate data are ​ also evaluated. As above, a retention rate comparison (see Appendix 3) of Covenant ​ ​ with both all private colleges of the same institutional size and Carnegie class as well as with 12 peer schools was used to determine the threshold of acceptability. Covenant’s freshman retention rate target was set to 85% (based on a three-year rolling average), which is equal to the retention rate for all small private colleges and above the retention rate for Christian peer schools. Covenant College Freshman Retention Rates, 2018-2020 2018 2019 2020 3 Year Avg 86% 84% 85% 85% ● Covenant’s fall to fall freshman retention rate average for the last three years is 85%. This meets the institutional goal. Licensing Examination Pass Rates. Covenant College’s Education Department offers the ​ college's only programs that require state licensing examinations. Covenant’s Department of Education works closely with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) in preparing students to acquire a Georgia teaching license. Covenant students interested in earning initial teacher certification must take and pass both the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators (GACE) Basic Skills Tests and the Content Assessments before recommendation for certification for the GaPSC. Each year Covenant tracks GACE test scores and certification rates for students who have completed its program (see below). Covenant’s certification rate target is 80% (the state of Georgia’s target is also 80%). Due to small cohorts of students, Covenant uses a three-year rolling average to determine success in reaching its target. Covenant Education Department Undergraduate Certification Data, 2017-2019 Year Total # Total # certified % Students (passed GACE) certified 2017 17 17 100% 2018 15 15 100% 2019 12 12 100% 3 Yr Avg. 44 44 100% Covenant Education Department MAT Certification Data, 2017-2019 Year Total # Total # certified % Students* (passed GACE) certified 2017 11 11 100% 2018 8 8 100% 2019 12 12 100% 3 Yr Avg. 31 31 100% ● Over the past three years, 100% of Covenant undergraduate students who have taken this exam have passed and received their Georgia teaching license. Notably, the certification rate for each individual year has also exceeded the institutional goal. ● In addition, Covenant’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program has had 100% of its students certified each year since its beginning in 2012. Employment and Career Outcome rates. The College has in place, through the Center for ​ Calling and Career, a First Destination Survey which is designed to track graduating seniors at graduation and then again at six to seven months post-graduation. This survey aligns with the undergraduate first-destination survey established by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). For determining a threshold of acceptability for overall employment rates and career outcome rates of new graduates, Covenant compared itself to statistics from the undergraduate first-destination survey established by NACE. Covenant’s target goal is to exceed the NACE average for colleges from the same geographic region (Southeast) and to meet or exceed the NACE average for graduates from private, not-for-profit baccalaureate colleges. Using the most recent NACE survey data (2017-2018), Covenant’s target for employment within six months of graduation is 69% and its target for career outcome rate is 92%. ● Employment rate: For 2018-2019 graduates, 79% of degree-recipients obtained ​ employment within six months of graduation as compared to the NACE statistics of 56% overall employment for graduates from the Southeast and 69% overall employment for graduates from private not-for-profit baccalaureate institutions. Covenant exceeded its target goal for overall employment. For continued improvement, Covenant has implemented several programs to raise the College’s employment rate, including a mandatory career exploration assignment for all new students, resume and interview assistance, and a robust internship program. ● Career outcome rate: A career outcome rate is defined as the percentage of ​ graduates within 6 months of graduation with a known positive career outcome (this includes graduates who are employed, continuing their education, or not currently seeking employment). For 2018-2019, 94%
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